As a society have we become so numb that the answer to ethical questions is a blur and we cannot tell right from wrong. Are we so confounded by the "politically correct movement" that we cannot decipher truth?
Margaret E. Lambert (Forum, April 3) stated, "I consider myself a Christian and struggle with my feelings toward homosexuality. I do not understand it, but I am in no position to condemn people who have such leanings." Being charitable and loving others does not mean we should accept or embrace any perversion. For people to even hint that homosexuality is just another way of life signals that we also condone it.I think we do a great disservice to young people who have a gender identity problem to continue to patronize the problem by indicating that we don't condemn this lifestyle. Instead we should be vocal about the promiscuity, AIDS, emotional trauma and sadness such a life brings to its participants. Even if it offends them.
To warn gays that promiscuity could render them a statistic and a patch on an AIDS quilt is in no way hateful. It is an important admonition and warning of the times we live in.
A few months ago I was listening to a homosexual talking on a radio program. He stated that the modus operandi of the gay movement was to bombard society with the subject. The end result would be a society that would accept homosexuality "not as a good thing, but just another thing."
We do not do our children a service by accepting the presumption that any form of deviancy is OK. God does teach us to hate the sin and love the sinner, but God also teaches us to raise our children in righteousness. I do not think we can teach the concepts of ethics to our kids if we imply even a hint of acceptance to the unnatural acts of same-sex relationships.
Leslie L. Marchant
Salt Lake City